Household drying-rack



C. H. CLARKSON.

HOUSEHOLD DRYING RACK. APPLICATION FILED APR.5, 1920.

1,391,718. Patehtedsept. 27,1921.

N TED STATES? PATENT OFFICE.

m u es 11. crimso or, wonc asrnn MASSACHUSETTS.

To all wizomit may concern; 7

Be it, known that I, CHARLES H. CLARK- son, a. citizen of'the UnitedStates residing at WVorcester, in the county of lYorcester and State ofMassachusetts,have invented a new and useful Household Drying-Rack, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for kitchen use for the purpose ofhanging articles in convenient position for drying and the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple devicethat can be manufactured at a minimum expense and can be attached to anyordinary stove-pipe without difficulty, and which, when set up, willafford a convenient support for towels, clothes, and the like over arange or stove where they will be dried readily. The invention alsoinvolves details of construction as will appear hereinafter. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view of a kitchen range with a preferred embodiment ofthis,

invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the drier;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and

Fig. A is a fragmentary elevation showing how the ends are connectedtogether.

The invention is shown in a form com prising a band 10 of soft ironpreferably in circular form and provided with integral means forapplying and fixing it to a stove pipe Or the like. This means is shownas comprising a tongue 12 extending from one end of the band 10, theother end being provided with two perforations 13 through which thetongue is passed and bent back as indicated in Figs. 2 and A. Afterbeing fastened once in this way on a stove pipe it will maintain itsposition, because usually all the articles are hung at the frontof thestove pipe, so that there will be a binding action on the band to keepit from slipping down in addition to the fact that it is gripped firmlyon the pipe in the act of applying it. i

The band is provided with protruding prongs 24 having sharp points forholding a strip of asbestos 25 inside it to protect it from the heat. I

This band is provided with a series of perforations 14 preferably two ineach case, one directly above the other. Through these perforations arepassed loops 15 of Specification 'of Letters Patent.

L nousnnoim DRYING-RJACK Patented Sept. 2'7 1921.

. lApplicaticn'filedApril 5, 1920. Serial No. 371,255. a

metal, the ends 16 of which .arebent back inside the band. These endsare heldlsecurely. in position after, the device is once placed on thestove pipe because they are -clamped firmly against the surface thereof.As clearly appears in Fig. 2, they constitute sockets for the receptionof ends 17 constituting terminals for supports on which thearticlesto bedried are hung. In one form shown these ends consist of downwardlyextending end projections on radial arms 18 extending'inwardly from theextremities of a curved support 19. This support 19 is substantiallyconcentric with the curvature of the stove pipe, or may have any desiredcurvature or shape, and it is spaced from the stove pipe by the .arms 18and held in horizontal position by the ends 17 extending down throughthe loops 15. This constitutes a stationary support for the articles tobe dried.

It is to be observed that the tongue 12 is held between the innersurface of the band 10 and the stove pipe on the rear. By having theweight of. the clothes located onthe rod 19 at a distance from the frontof the pipe and diametrically opposite a point at which the tongue 12bears on the pipe, this weight acts to pull this tongue into closercontact with the pipe and to clamp it more firmly between the pipe andband. Therefore the weight of the clothing itself tends to more securelyhold the band in position and prevent its dislodgment. I,

I have also shown two forms of pivoted supports 20 and 21. 'The latterhas a hook 22, one use of whichis indicated in Fig. l"

for the purpose of holding a pail or the like and keeping its contentswarm, but not per- Each of these holders mitting of burning. 20 and 21isprovided with an end like the end 17 extending down through two of theloops 15. Any desired number of these hangers can be mounted around thecircumference of the band.

Although I have shown only certain forms of the invention I am aware ofthe fact that modifications can be made therein by any vided with atongue on one end and two perforations at the other for receiving saidtongue, said tongue passing under said other end out through oneperforation and inwardly through the other perforationnearest the end,whereby the band can be passed about a stove pipe and clamped thereto sothat it will hold its position thereon, said band having a plurality ofvertical sockets on its outer surface, two of them being opposite saidtongue and spaced apart, llOI'i-r zontal supports independently pivotedin the sockets located at the sides, a hanger consisting of a horizontalcurved bar located in the same horizontal plane as said pivotedsupports, having at its ends two converging horizontal arms, the ends ofthe arms being bent downwardly at right angles and being received insaid two sockets opposite the tongue, whereby the hanger is supportedrigidly in position solely thereby and spaced from the band and itssupports, and when loaded will pull said band into position to applyadditional pressure on the tongue and thereby hold it'more firmly inplace.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed-my si ature.

iliARLES H. CLARKSON.

